Table 3.
Association between cervical cancer risk factors, reproductive history and presence of HPV
| Risk Factors | HPV | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Negative | Positive | p-value | ||||
| n | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Onset of sexual activity (years) | |||||||
| 10 to 19 | 87 (72.5) | 25 | 28.7 | 62 | 71.3 | 0.738 | |
| 20 to 29 | 9 (7.5) | 3 | 33.3 | 6 | 66.7 | ||
| Above 30 | 2 (1.7) | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 100.0 | ||
| Don’t Know/ Did not answer | 22 (18.3) | 4 | 18.2 | 18 | 81.8 | ||
| Age at 1st pregnancy | |||||||
| 11 to 15 | 11 (9.2) | 1 | 9.1 | 10 | 90.9 | 0.268 | |
| 16 to 21 | 41 (34.2) | 14 | 34.1 | 27 | 65.9 | ||
| 22 to 27 | 13 (10.8) | 5 | 38.5 | 8 | 61.5 | ||
| Above 27 | 2 (1.7) | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 100.0 | ||
| Don’t Know/ Did not answer | 53 (44.2) | 12 | 22.6 | 41 | 74.0 | ||
| Number of pregnancies | |||||||
| 1 to 3 | 37 (30.8) | 11 | 29.73 | 26 | 70.3 | 0.859 | |
| 4 to 6 | 26 (21.7) | 6 | 23.1 | 20 | 76.9 | ||
| 7 to 9 | 32 (26.7) | 8 | 25.0 | 24 | 75.0 | ||
| 10 to12 | 13 (10.8) | 4 | 30.8 | 9 | 69.2 | ||
| Above 12 | 8 (6.7) | 1 | 12.5 | 7 | 87.5 | ||
| Don’t Know / Did not answer | 4 (3.3) | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| Use of contraceptive | |||||||
| Yes. Actually Use | 7 (5.83) | 2 | 28.57 | 5 | 71.43 | 0.887 | |
| Yes. Already Used | 40 (33.33) | 12 | 30.00 | 28 | 70.00 | ||
| No | 70 (58.33) | 18 | 25.71 | 52 | 74.29 | ||
| Don’t Know /Did not answer | 3 (2.50) | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 100 | ||
| Number of sexual partners | |||||||
| 1 | 38 (31.7) | 11 | 28.9 | 27 | 71.1 | 0.406 | |
| 2 | 27 (22.5) | 4 | 14.8 | 23 | 85.2 | ||
| ≥ 3 | 36 (30.0) | 8 | 22.2 | 28 | 77.8 | ||
| Don’t know/Did not answer | 19 (15.8) | 9 | 47.4 | 10 | 52.6 | ||